Chapter 81 Let Wu Zetian marry Li Chengqian? !

After Song Shen left, the classroom was briefly quiet for a few seconds.

Ying Zheng glanced at everyone and spoke first:
"Everyone, the Industrial Revolution that the gentleman just mentioned, everyone doesn't want it to happen, right?"

"I think that even though we are from different dynasties and there are thousands of years between us, at least this point should be the same."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately slammed the table:
"Emperor Qin Shi Huang, you are right. No matter if there is an industrial revolution or not, we will never allow businessmen to take the lead!"

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and expressed a different opinion:
"I only know about the Qin and Han dynasties. At that time, you should have only the powerful and the wealthy, and the aristocratic families were not very prosperous. Although many aristocratic families claim that they have a long history, in fact, most of them emerged during the Three Kingdoms and Wei and Jin dynasties. I admit that our Tang Dynasty royal family, the Li family, is also one of the aristocratic families, so this is even more worrying."

"If we really have to compare, I would rather let the merchants move up a little bit. As long as they are still under the control of the royal family, maybe we can use them to control the aristocratic families."

"After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, there were six noble states, and the Han Dynasty had various counties and kingdoms. You actually have the same problem as me, but it's just that you haven't threatened the throne yet. If we can support merchants to check and balance these scoundrels and let them tear each other apart, wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone?"

Everyone glanced at Li Shimin with sidelong eyes.

They had already heard about Li Shimin's life experience.

This guy is really a tactician and has a really dirty heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he was worthy of being called Li Er, who had single-handedly led the entire Li Tang Dynasty astray. Since him, there had been few people in the Li family who had ascended the throne in a normal way. With an ancestor like this with a mind as narrow as a sieve, it was no wonder that the emperors who followed him did those things.

However, it must be said that Li Shimin was indeed quick-witted when it came to plotting against people.

Although everyone dislikes businessmen, if you say that you want to support these businessmen and use them as money bags, there are actually people here who have done this - Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was famous for his love of cutting leeks from wealthy businessmen.

Just saying this... It is also a very good choice for the emperor to personally train a group of businessmen, let them stir up trouble, empty the pockets of money that should be emptied, and contribute a large amount of taxes to the national treasury.

Zhu Yuanzhang was probably the one who disliked businessmen the most among the group. He did not comment on Li Shimin's proposal, but turned to look at Ying Zheng and said:
"By the way, First Emperor, we have asked someone to prepare a recipe for papermaking these days. Do you want it?"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up:
"really?"

Liu Che's eyes lit up:

"really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was silenced by these two pairs of cunning eyes:
"...It's absolutely true. Biao'er has memorized it all. If you want, let's ask him to recite it now. There's still time before the get out of class is over."

"I just don't know if you two can remember to bring them back."

Ying Zheng didn't care whether he could remember it or not, he immediately leaned forward and patted Zhu Biao's shoulder, saying solemnly:

"Squad leader, I'll trouble you then!"

Zhu Biao didn't look back, but his face twitched slightly.

This was the first time that the First Emperor called him squad leader in such a serious manner.

It's not a matter of whether he is brave enough to take the responsibility or not. The main reason is that Ying Zheng is tall and has long arms, a typical northwestern man. He has quite strong hands. Those two pats on the shoulder almost made Zhu Biao cough.

He held back his cough and whispered:
"The First Emperor is too polite. We are all classmates. The teacher said that classmates should help each other."

Zhu Biao picked up the notebook and pen that the system manifested on the table, and immediately began to write furiously.

In the back row, Li Shimin looked at their papermaking transaction and couldn't help but feel tempted - it was just papermaking technology, and their Tang Dynasty was actually already very mature. Now, just seeing Zhu Yuanzhang using things to win people over, he was also very envious.

But after all, there are still some things that have not been clarified. Li Shimin knows that the last thing he should do now is to make enemies with others, especially since, among all the people present, only the Zhu family knew the history after the Tang Dynasty.

You must never do anything like coming up with a second papermaking technology to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for business!
He pondered for a moment before whispering to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Since you are willing to give the papermaking technique to Ying Zheng and Liu Che, I guess it's a win-win for both sides, right?"

"Is there anything from the Tang Dynasty that you would like?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised:
"Why, you want to learn papermaking too? This thing should have been available in the Tang Dynasty a long time ago."

Li Shimin shook his head:

"Of course I don't want your papermaking skills, but I want to know what happened to my queen and crown prince in the future, why the queen suddenly died in the tenth year of Zhenguan, and why my crown prince Chengqian was deposed."

Oh, that makes sense.

People wanted to exchange with others because they wanted to know the future direction of history or to obtain technology. What Ying Zheng and Liu Che wanted was papermaking, while what Li Shimin wanted was the future fate of his family.

But after Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully, he shook his head and disagreed:
"You don't have what we want."

Li Shimin was stunned at first, and then he was dumbfounded.

His voice was still low, but his tone suddenly rose a few notches:
"You are willing to exchange even Qin Han, so it doesn't make sense that my Tang Dynasty's things can't compare to theirs, right?"

"Just tell me what you want!"

Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips.

Whether it is technology or something else, the Tang Dynasty is definitely better than the Qin and Han Dynasties, but the problem is that he didn't want the technology of the Qin and Han Dynasties. Ying Zheng has changed the course of history twice, and Zhang Liang has also received a little red flower. They have proved their ability to obtain points.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang confirmed the uniqueness of the Ming Dynasty, he has increasingly wanted to use the Ming Dynasty's technology to trade with others in advance, so that he can get the good things exchanged by the system from them earlier.

Liu Che and Zhang Liang can be said to be a family. It doesn't matter who you give it to. They will share what they have with each other in the future anyway, so there is no difference.

These exchanges of interests are all based on past facts, but Li Shimin is different. Although he should not be special, he has never won a red flower and has not changed the course of history. Why should I exchange with him?

What's more, Li Er doesn't even know the rules of accumulating points yet, nor does he know that accumulated points can be exchanged for things...

and many more!

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up, and whispered to Li Shimin:
"How about this, you do one thing when you go back today, and I'll tell you tomorrow."

Li Shimin was puzzled:

"whats the matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slyly:
"Send an order to find someone, the daughter of Wu Shigui, who should be only eleven or twelve years old now, and then send her to your prince's eastern palace, and give it a try?"

Li Shimin: ???

What is this mess?

Li Shimin certainly knew about Wu Shigui. In those days, Wu Shigui had a very good relationship with the retired emperor Li Yuan. Not only did he follow the army, but he also provided military supplies, food and money. He made an indelible contribution to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin did not treat Wu Shigui harshly because of his good relationship with Li Yuan. He neither promoted nor demoted him. Now he is still the governor of Jingzhou.

But we were clearly talking about the exchange of technology just now. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly bring up Wu Shigui, who was completely unrelated to him?

Is it possible...

Li Shimin widened his eyes:
"Could it be that Wu Shigui is planning a rebellion in the future?!"

He was so surprised that he couldn't hold back his shout, and the whole class heard it.

Everyone else was confused, except for two people.

Zhu Biao, who was still writing the process of papermaking in the front row, and Zhu Qizhen, who was idly watching the fun in the back row, heard Li Shimin shout out Wu Shigui's name. The former subconsciously put down his pen and turned back, while the latter stretched his neck to look forward.

Both of them had the same look of shock on their faces.

Zhu Qizhen in the last row complained:

"What nonsense are you talking about? It wasn't Wu Shigui who rebelled, it was obviously..."

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded:

"Shut up!"

Zhu Qizhen quietly retracted his head like a mole.

Zhu Biao was in the front row and was close enough to vaguely hear the conversation behind them.

He looked at his father in disbelief:

"Dad, you want Li Chengqian to marry Wu Ze... the daughter of the Wu family? I dare to say something outrageous. Isn't this a bit immoral?"

Even Zhu Yuanzhang knew about Wu Zetian's affairs. Zhu Biao's cultural literacy was much higher than his, so he naturally knew more about it.

After all, this is the only female emperor in thousands of years who has never been seen before or since...

Zhu Biao did not comment on the means by which Wu Zetian ascended to power, but it was a bit ridiculous that his father ruined her life with just a casual touch of marriage. It was only the ninth year of the Zhenguan Period in the Tang Dynasty, and Wu Zetian was only in her early teens. Marrying Li Chengqian might as well have been like in history, as she entered Li Shimin's harem!
Everyone who lived after the Zhenguan period knew who Li Chengqian was.

That was a ridiculous prince who was lame, loved to imitate the Hu people, and had a male lover!
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his son and said calmly:
"Then what do you think we should do? Do we have to wait until the eleventh year of Zhenguan?"

In order to express his sincerity to Li Er, Zhu Yuanzhang had read the historical materials of the Tang Dynasty for the first time.

People are all like this. They may forget serious things, but they can remember most of the explosive gossip. Zhu Yuanzhang was very interested in the entanglement between Wu Zetian and the father and son of the Li family. He wished he could grab the historian to write more unofficial history.

Zhu Biao knew that his father wanted to try to let Li Shimin change history, and the eleventh year of Zhenguan he was talking about was the day when Wu Zetian was chosen by Li Shimin to enter the palace.

He felt that no matter what he did, it seemed to be a bad idea. It was too absurd to let Wu Zetian marry Li Chengqian, which was really nonsense, but for a moment he couldn't think of how to change history without harming people.

Zhu Biao said helplessly:
"...Can't we find the person first and then talk about the next step?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head:
"It's too much trouble. When the First Emperor killed Zhao Gao, you didn't show any mercy. You are just being too soft-hearted!"

Li Shimin's eyes almost sparkled when he heard this:
"Can anyone explain to me what this means?"

Everyone said in unison:
"Shut up and follow the instructions!"

Li Shimin: ...Okay, okay, you guys are bullying me because I'm a newcomer!!!

(End of this chapter)